Easy Compilation DVDs with Chapters?

[consultant]

I've used DVD Shrink to create a compilation DVD by setting start/end points for several scenes from different DVDs and then ripping each DVD to its own directory. I can then author a DVD by dragging the titles from the various directories in DVD Shrink. It is great how it reads the files and renames them for you so if you have Title 1, Title 2 from different DVDs, when you drag it, it renames it in the view to Title 1(2), Title 2(2), Title 1(3), Title 2(3). (You can't do this in Nero as the VOB, IFO, and BUP filenames are duplicates from the different directories.)

Here's my problem. When I burn the DVD (with Nero through DVD Shrink), it burns all the Titles as one big Chapter so I can't use the skip on the DVD player to skip between scenes.

I've read all the stuff about renaming the VOB files sequentially and using VOBEdit and IFOEdit. Just sounds like a lot of unecessary work to me. I'm suprised DVD Shrink doesn't have some option to create Chapter points at the beginning of each Title in the compilation.

I don't need any menu. I just want Chapter points created for each title (VOB file) in the compilation when I burn it.

So who knows the absolute simplest, easiest way to create a compilation DVD with chapter points. (Doesn't have to be using DVD Shrink, or necessarily freeware, but Shrink sure is a nice simple program to use to create compilation DVDs). The fewer programs/steps the better.

Thanks for your help!

[consultant]

I'm authoring a compilation DVD of scenes ripped from several different DVDs where some scenes are 4:3 and some are 16:9 aspect ratio. My DVD player is outputting in 1080i and so my TV stays locked in 16:9. I can use the remote to switch the DVD player mode to 480p and my TV will go into a progressive stretch mode to make things not look stretched yet still fill the screen. I'd prefer to just 'matchbox' the 4:3 images with black or grey on the sides though.

What would be the simplest way to go about authoring a DVD where I can optionally matchbox some scenes? It doesn't have to be freeware - I'm just looking for the tools that will allow me to do it in the fewest steps possible.

I've been using DVD Shrink to rip scenes into the VOB files but I imagine I need to rip to MPEG files to achieve what I want.

A bonus would be if the tool also has the option to automatically create chapter points for each file. Currently when I create a compilation using DVD Shrink to burn using Nero, it burns it all as one chapter. I don't need a menu, just chapter points.

[ammck55]

Some of your requests overlap, I've merged the two threads so as to keep from getting replies spread out over two separate threads.

At some point, you'll be ready for an authoring and or editing app, you're probably ready, right now. Take a look at DVD-lab, a 30 day demo is offered.

ammck55